Suburbs movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant suburbs movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, semi serious, weird, humorous and disturbing films and TV shows about / with suburbs, suburban life, teenager, family relations, friendship, youth, husband wife relationship, couples, teenage life and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as suburbs: The 'Burbs (1989), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), American Beauty (1999), Little Children (2006), Monster House (2006), Lemming (2005), The Stepford Wives (1975), WandaVision (2021), The Looney Tunes Show (2011).

List of suburbs movies

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 6.8
 83K
The 'Burbs (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, funny, witty, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: neighbor, suburbs, neighborhood, paranoia, obsession, dark humor, investigation, vacation, old dark house, eccentric family, disorder, goofy hero ...
Time: 80s
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, depressing, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: suicide, suburbs, depression, overbearing parent, suicide attempt, teenager, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, yale university
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 8.0
 845K
Donnie Darko (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style: psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, time travel, psychology, imaginary friend, insanity, schizophrenia, parallel universe, surrealism, suburbs, time loop, social misfits, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place: virginia, america, los angeles, usa
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 8.3
 1.2M
American Beauty (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style: melancholic, thought provoking, dark comedy, sexual, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot: midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, nymphet, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, older man young girl relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place: usa, america, los angeles, iran
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 7.5
 116K
Little Children (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style: sexual, sexy, disturbing, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: infidelity, adultery, love affair, housewife, sex, small town, sexual pleasure, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, parenthood ...
Time: year 2006, y2k, 21st century
Place: boston, usa
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 6.6
 137K
Monster House (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Style: scary, dark, 3d animation, computer animated, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: halloween, haunted house, suburbs, supernatural, children, ghost, neighbor, monster, old dark house, human versus monster, friendship, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.7
 5K
Lemming (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot: cuckold, infidelity, suicide, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, dishonesty, couples, housewife, suburban life, estranged couple, murder ...
Place: south of france
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The Stepford Wives (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: robot, feminism, conspiracy, small town, housewife, women's liberation, suburbs, androids, social commentary, paranoia, utopia, distopia ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city
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 7.9
 366K
WandaVision (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story: Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Style: sitcom, exciting, funny, epic, captivating ...
Plot: superhero, superheroine, witch, suburbs, supernatural, magic, supernatural power, magical power, suburban life, witchcraft, comic book, multiverse ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, 90s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: new jersey
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The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The Looney Tunes Show is an American animated sitcom which premiered May 3, 2011 on Cartoon Network. The show features characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons updated for the 21st century. It is produced by Warner ...
Style: humorous, exciting, entertaining, light, tense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot: looney tunes, suburbs, bugs bunny, friendship, goofy hero, coyote, disorder, dimwit, imaginary, unrequited love, neighbor, cartoon duck ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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 7.3
 178K
Poltergeist (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: poltergeist, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, psychic, haunted, suburban life, haunting, paranormal, nightmare, child in peril, children ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: california
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 5.3
 2K
Beautiful (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Searing and luscious, "Beautiful" tells the story of Daniel, a shy and introverted 14 year old boy residing in Sunshine Hills, a suburb living in the grip of fear following the rumoured abductions of three teenage girls. Daniel's two ...
Style: suspense, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: suburbs, youth, investigation, teenage life, obsession, danger, dishonesty, uncover truth, suburban life, blind ambition, teenager, rapist ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.8
 32K
Serial Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the ...
Style: dark comedy, parody, black comedy, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, dark humor, dysfunctional family, murder, housewife, suburbs, suburban life, female killer, female psychopath, police investigation, violence, farce ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
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 7.2
 33K
Suburgatory (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: teenage life, suburban life, neighbor neighbor relationship, suburbs, family relations, youth, parents and children, everyday life, teenager, single parent, social relations, fish out of water ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Style: dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gunfight, assassin, suburbs, hitman, secretary, high school reunion, small town, radio dj, psychiatrist, therapy, sniper, killer ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 80s, 90s
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rape, murder, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, obsession, suburbs, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.4
 19K
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage, violence, police officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, sad, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, friendly alien, boy, chase, child protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, year 1982, 90s
Place: california, usa, persia, los angeles
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 5.9
 73K
Vivarium (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an ...
Style: surreal, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, mind blowing ...
Plot: trapped, psychological torture, paradox, human experiment, young couple, evil child, buying a house, suburbs, evil wins, unhappy ending, real estate agent, mysterious man ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting ...
Style: touching, independent film, sexy, witty, sexual ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, lesbian relationship, gender, lgbt, lesbian love, gay, biological father, infidelity, father son relationship, adultery, family relations ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, southern california, buenos aires argentina
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Far from Heaven (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Style: sincere, emotional, stylized, visual, depressing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: racism, gay husband, gay, homosexuality, housewife, infidelity, crumbling marriage, friendship, couples, forbidden love, african american, prejudice ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 2000s, year 2002, year 1957 ...
Place: connecticut, usa, miami, new england, baltimore
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The Chumscrubber (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, bleak, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, suicide, kidnapping, youth, suburbs, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, mistaken identity, high school, teenager, parent child relationship ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 5.0
 33K
Deck the Halls (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, light, christmas classics ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, neighbor, feud, small town, parents and children, unlikely friendships, suburbs, xmas, rivalry, couple relations, social relations ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: europe, england, massachusetts
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Surviving Christmas (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisit his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in ...
Style: humorous, feel good, funny, christmas classics, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, dysfunctional family, christmas season, loneliness, suburbs, family relations, farce, new year, xmas, eccentric family, looking for love ...
Time: year 2004
Place: illinois, chicago
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 5.9
 427
Domestic Life (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: suburbs, murder, family life, relationship vs career, couple relations, couples, social relations, friends, family relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Beautiful People (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Plot: gay, suburbs, friends, best friend, working class, family relations, youth, follow your dream, lifestyle, suburban life, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, london, europe
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 6.8
 1K
Meadowlands (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A married couple and their teenage twins move to Meadowlands, a friendly and seemingly safe suburban town, to start a new life. Here, they will soon realize that secrets and mysteries are plentiful, and past is a difficult thing to bury.
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, cliffhanger ...
Plot: suburban life, suburbs, murder, secret, family relations, starting over, family life, couple relations, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, teenager, unrequited love ...
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The Crocodiles (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is ...
Style: feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: children, street gang, friendship, suburban life, heroes, suburbs, teenage life, youth, witnessing a crime, amateur detective, best friend, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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Games of Love and Chance (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The life of a band of teenager in a suburb near Paris. But instead of showing what would be the "urban legend" of this kind of poor suburb (violence, rapes...), Abdelatif Kechiche shows us what's the daily life of those guys: not much ...
Style: slang, semi serious, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: couples, suburbs, teacher, rehearsal, theater, high school, school, fall in love, looking for love, group of friends, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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